Democrats have their own voter suppression issues – www.gp.org

HR1/S1 contains critical voting rights protections that the Green Party vigorously supports. But it also contains a poison pill designed to virtually eliminate presidential primary matching funds for “third party” candidates and parties. Because of onerous state level ballot access laws already passed by Democrats and Republicans — like in Nevada — minor parties are unable to gain/retain ongoing ballot status. As a result, minor party presidential candidates already often have to qualify themselves and their parties on an election-by-election, state-by-state basis, via expensive petition drives. These petition drives are often supported by presidential primary matching funds — a practice long recognized by Federal Elections Commission.

Source: Democrats have their own voter suppression issues – www.gp.org

PA Greens have electoral candidates in 6 counties – www.gp.org

PHILADELPHIA – The Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) is proud to announce that it now has candidates now running for office in six PA Counties. Of course, the Green Party is still assembling prospective candidates for local office: school board, judge of elections, town auditor, etc. GPPA Co-chair Beth Scroggin (Chester County) explained, “If you embrace the Green Party’s values and have ever thought about running for office, this is your year! There is a wide variety of local positions available, and you can make decisions that will directly impact the lives of those in your community.”

Source: PA Greens have electoral candidates in 6 counties – www.gp.org

Green New Deal For Minneapolis – www.gp.org

Minneapolis City Council member Cam Gordon hosted a Ward 2 forum Green New Deal For Minneapolis this past week. The event included guest speakers Patrick Hanlon, Timothy DenHerder-Thomas, Alice Madden, Nina Axelson, Isaac Smith, Stacy Miller, and Charles Frempong-Longdon. To watch the forum, please visit Green New Deal For Minneapolis.

Source: Green New Deal For Minneapolis – www.gp.org

Green New Deal co-author weighs in on Biden’s infrastructure plan – www.gp.org

Mark Dunlea, co-chair of the EcoAction Committee of the Green Party discusses climate change and green politics with comedian Ron Placone, a regular on Jimmy Dore. The EcoAction Committee will have a webinar of Biden’s climate summit with the Global Greens on Tuesday, April 20 (3:00 p.m. EST) as well as a forum on nuclear power and climate change with Howie Hawkins, Harvey Wasserman and Marilyn Elie on April 27, and a forum with GPAX on climate and the military on Sunday April 25.

Source: Green New Deal co-author weighs in on Biden’s infrastructure plan – www.gp.org

The Necessity Of Dismantling The U.S. – www.gp.org

We are trying to make people aware of the fact that we have this [global military] basing system, these command structure, and we’re asking a very simple question: Whose interests are being carried out with this enormous expenditure of the public funds? To have these troops, to have these bases that are being built in various parts of the world. Is that helping your family to get a better education? Is that helping you to have some healthcare? A rec center in your community? Do you have access to more capital if you want to start a business? Where is the emphasis? And see, those questions—if the Democrats had been raising those kinds of questions, or pursuing policies that were more in alignment with working class people and the lower elements of the middle class (what we call the petite bourgeoisie)—perhaps the conditions would not have been in place that would have allowed Trump to win the presidency.

Source: The Necessity Of Dismantling The U.S. – www.gp.org